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weekend review: news around the UofBSC

Here at the University of Blogaria we keep pretty busy. It helps if I link every so often to the faculty doing interesting work. But first, let me share with you the weekend. I do this not because I had an interesteing and engrossing conversation with the ambasador from Sri Lanka. No, I share this because I am all kinds of tired, dern near record-breaking kinds of tired.

Weekend Review

Friday evening was fun, actually. Trish and I managed to go out to a friend's birthday party. It was a fondu fest. I was especially excited because I did not have to leave early because of some other engagement. That always seems to happen with these people. So, what did I do instead? I fell asleep on the couch by about 10:00. By 11:00 I was saying my good-byes...as others were just arriving. I am not as fun as I imagine I once was.

Saturday morning included standing up Cliff for a coffee date in order to hang out with my wife. We talked about important stuff. It was a good time. Then it was time for rehearsal with One of the Girls. That evening Trish and I worked with a local caterer. I love that stuff. It is a great break from my usual passtimes. Dave Specter was the house band for the benefit we worked. Wow. We were in bed by 1:00am.

Sunday - Sermon prep and The Forgotten. Decent sermon. Mostly average film. Church was good...actually something amazing happened. I'll post on that some day. I still pray for God to send people to us to help in this work we have been given. I had dinner with Justin, passed out a few fliers advertising Reconciler's Easter Vigil. I was asleep before 11:00pm.

All in all, it was a good weekend. I am still tired. But it can't be but so bad. I have the alarm set for 5:00am and manage to awaken before it goes off now. That has to be good, right? Right?

Around the UofBSC

Hugo, our esteemed chincilla husbandry professor, has an interesting post on being a "filtered professor." Give it a read.

Karl, a regular reader, has some questions about heliocentricity and post-modern biblical interpretation. His toungue in cheek style is entertaining, and he asks some interesting questions to boot.

Cliff has two posts that are worth reading for those interested in ecclesiology. Part I and Part II or "Where is the Church" give good insight into Orthodox thinking. I end up being a well-intentioned denizen of someplace other than the Church, but I won't hold that against Cliff. He makes good coffee and helps keep me company on my morning commute.

Camassia, whose link I must update this week, has an interesting post on crafting a liberal planet. It doesn't look real good right now.

Here at anglobaptist.org/blog there has been a lively conversation about baptist politiy and the issue of homosexuality. I have been hesitant to post about homosexuality in particular. I did so a year or so ago (still searching throught the archives), and found it unpleasant. So, I have been a wee gunshy since. That is not to say that I won't post about it again, but ist strained some relationships I treasure and I don't feel like doing that again. For those who might be interested, however, here is an interesting perspective frem the more "conservative" end of things. I find it helpful as I begin to articulate my own understanding. Also, for the more "liberal" minded, you can find this post. It too is helpful to me.

In the news

Here are two NY Times pieces I found interesting. I will post links in the forum as well so you can hash it out there if you wish. The first is a cool article on religious blogging (props to Damaris!). The second is an OpEd piece on CT's same sex marriage legislation.

Y'all have a good day. I have some coffee waiting for me.

Thus ends the UofBSC Update. Go Puffins!!

Posted by tripp at March 7, 2005 05:22 AM